River City

River City

It’s not our first project (that’s Camden Lofts, in 1996), nor is it our biggest (that’s M City, with 8 towers, 6,000 units and a cumulative total of 455 stories) or our most socially progressive (that award goes to our all-female development, Reina). But River City has become internationally known as our signature development (at least to this point), and as such deserves a page of its own.

Designed by Montreal-based Saucier + Perrotte Architects, the four-phase, 1,100 unit River City community is unlike anything else. Winner of multiple national and international design awards including an OAA Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Design Excellence, it has a unique architectural aesthetic that responds to both the “soft” parkland and “hard” transportation infrastructure that surround the site.

River City was the first component of the West Don Lands revitalization, kickstarting the transformation of what was previously a derelict district into the thriving neighbourhood that is the West Don Lands today. Urban Capital won the right to develop River City in 2008 after an extensive public tender process in which 18 national and international developers participated.

Making River City

With gorgeous cinematography, interviews with the developers, architects and other contributors, and explanations of how River City was designed and built, Making River City gives you behind the scenes insights into the development of this seminal Toronto community.

River City Phases